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Meme
The top fifty SF books.
Bold the ones you've read,
strike the ones you hated,
italicize the ones you couldn't get through.
Asterisks for the ones you loved - more asterisks, more love.
Use a + to indicate the ones you own. Use a - to indicate ones you used to own, but no longer have.
1. The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien ***** +
2. The Foundation Trilogy, Isaac Asimov -
3. Dune****, Frank Herbert -
4. Stranger in a Strange Land, Robert A. Heinlein +
5. A Wizard of Earthsea **** Ursula K. Leguin **** -
6. Neuromancer ***, William Gibson -
7. Childhood's End **, Arthur C. Clarke -
8. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Philip K. Dick
9. The Mists of Avalon, Marion Zimmer Bradley
10. Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury
11. The Book of the New Sun, Gene Wolfe
12. A Canticle for Leibowitz, Walter M. Miller, Jr.
13. The Caves of Steel, Isaac Asimov
14. Children of the Atom, Wilmar Shiras
15. Cities in Flight, James Blish *** -
16. The Colour of Magic, Terry Pratchett -
17. Dangerous Visions, edited by Harlan Ellison -
18. Deathbird Stories, Harlan Ellison
19. The Demolished Man, Alfred Bester **** +
20. Dhalgren, Samuel R. Delany
21. Dragonflight, Anne McCaffrey -
22. Ender's Game, Orson Scott Card -
23. The First Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, Stephen R. Donaldson -
24. The Forever War, Joe Haldeman -
25. Gateway, Frederik Pohl -
26. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, J.K. Rowling
27. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams ** -
28. I Am Legend, Richard Matheson
29. Interview with the Vampire, Anne Rice
30. The Left Hand of Darkness, Ursula K. Le Guin **** -
31. Little, Big, John Crowley
32. Lord of Light, Roger Zelazny****** +
33. The Man in the High Castle, Philip K. Dick** -
34. Mission of Gravity, Hal Clement
35. More Than Human, Theodore Sturgeon
36. The Rediscovery of Man, Cordwainer Smith
37. On the Beach, Nevil Shute
38. Rendezvous with Rama, Arthur C. Clarke -
39. Ringworld, Larry Niven
40. Rogue Moon, Algis Budrys
41. The Silmarillion, J.R.R. Tolkien ** +
42. Slaughterhouse-5, Kurt Vonnegut
43. Snow Crash, Neal Stephenson
44. Stand on Zanzibar, John Brunner
45. The Stars My Destination, Alfred Bester ***+
46. Starship Troopers, Robert A. Heinlein -
47. Stormbringer, Michael Moorcock
<strike>48. The Sword of Shannara, Terry Brooks </strike>
49. Timescape, Gregory Benford
50. To Your Scattered Bodies Go, Philip Jose Farmer -
Bold the ones you've read,
strike the ones you hated,
italicize the ones you couldn't get through.
Asterisks for the ones you loved - more asterisks, more love.
Use a + to indicate the ones you own. Use a - to indicate ones you used to own, but no longer have.
1. The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien ***** +
2. The Foundation Trilogy, Isaac Asimov -
3. Dune****, Frank Herbert -
4. Stranger in a Strange Land, Robert A. Heinlein +
5. A Wizard of Earthsea **** Ursula K. Leguin **** -
6. Neuromancer ***, William Gibson -
7. Childhood's End **, Arthur C. Clarke -
8. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Philip K. Dick
9. The Mists of Avalon, Marion Zimmer Bradley
10. Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury
11. The Book of the New Sun, Gene Wolfe
12. A Canticle for Leibowitz, Walter M. Miller, Jr.
13. The Caves of Steel, Isaac Asimov
14. Children of the Atom, Wilmar Shiras
15. Cities in Flight, James Blish *** -
16. The Colour of Magic, Terry Pratchett -
17. Dangerous Visions, edited by Harlan Ellison -
18. Deathbird Stories, Harlan Ellison
19. The Demolished Man, Alfred Bester **** +
20. Dhalgren, Samuel R. Delany
21. Dragonflight, Anne McCaffrey -
22. Ender's Game, Orson Scott Card -
23. The First Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, Stephen R. Donaldson -
24. The Forever War, Joe Haldeman -
25. Gateway, Frederik Pohl -
26. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, J.K. Rowling
27. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams ** -
28. I Am Legend, Richard Matheson
29. Interview with the Vampire, Anne Rice
30. The Left Hand of Darkness, Ursula K. Le Guin **** -
31. Little, Big, John Crowley
32. Lord of Light, Roger Zelazny****** +
33. The Man in the High Castle, Philip K. Dick** -
34. Mission of Gravity, Hal Clement
35. More Than Human, Theodore Sturgeon
36. The Rediscovery of Man, Cordwainer Smith
37. On the Beach, Nevil Shute
38. Rendezvous with Rama, Arthur C. Clarke -
39. Ringworld, Larry Niven
40. Rogue Moon, Algis Budrys
41. The Silmarillion, J.R.R. Tolkien ** +
42. Slaughterhouse-5, Kurt Vonnegut
43. Snow Crash, Neal Stephenson
44. Stand on Zanzibar, John Brunner
45. The Stars My Destination, Alfred Bester ***+
46. Starship Troopers, Robert A. Heinlein -
47. Stormbringer, Michael Moorcock
<strike>48. The Sword of Shannara, Terry Brooks </strike>
49. Timescape, Gregory Benford
50. To Your Scattered Bodies Go, Philip Jose Farmer -